Opinion Stories from March 11, 2011 (Change date)
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GOP not keeping its election promisesMar 12, 2011 10:15 am - The Republican message in the 2010 election was jobs. The tea party ran on reducing deficit spending. Instead, they plunged into the new congressional session giving the...
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All workers should pay Social SecurityMar 12, 2011 10:15 am - Some basic facts. Our members of Congress have their own retirement plan and medical plans, paid by us. They are not in Social Security or Medicare. Why not? The answer ...
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The wrong approach against extremismMar 12, 2011 10:14 am - “There is nothing radical or un-American in holding these hearings,” Republican Rep. Peter King of New York claimed Thursday, as he launched his McCarthyite probe of Ame...
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Tax credit adding to debtMar 12, 2011 10:15 am - Stunned. That’s all I can say. The IRS has just released the latest version of tax forms and instructions, and you have to know this. As you might recall, in 2008, in th...
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Time to rethink Arab arms salesMar 12, 2011 10:15 am - For many years American policy has been to sell modern weaponry to Arab states. The reasons given are to maintain the “balance of power” in the region, but the unstated ...
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Let me call him sweetheartMar 13, 2011 9:10 am - Eulogies for David Broder are still tumbling from the fingertips of friends and fans. He was the dean of political journalists, a man both generous and gracious, a repor...
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Overspending will destroy usMar 15, 2011 6:43 pm - Perhaps the “housing bubble” burst affected the judgment of the people we elected to represent us. They felt there was unlimited cash available but realized they could g...
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Creationism has no place in schoolMar 15, 2011 6:43 pm - As a former science teacher in High School Districts 214 and 113 and a former young earth creationist, I find it disconcerting that there are school board candidates who...
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